COOKE ‘DELIGHTED’ WITH FIFTH PLACE IN WORLD CHAMPS TIME TRIAL

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Nicole Cooke has said that she was ?delighted? with finishing fifth in the Elite Women?s Time Trial on Wednesday?s opening World Championships event in Salzburg, Austria.

Riding in warm sunshine, Cooke finished 55 seconds behind American winner Kristin Armstrong in the 26.1 hilly kilometre event. Second at 25 seconds was defending champion Karin Theurig of Switzerland, and third Christine Thorburn - like Armstrong, from the United States - at 29 seconds.

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